By Erin the Employer
It appears the silly season has begun, or is about to begin.
No, not Christmas – something infinitely more silly, the Election season. The other season of giving, more precisely of bribing you with your own money.
The silly season has begun
December 15, 2009
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Rocketing rise of unfair dismissal claims hit business
October 20, 2009By Erin the Employer
UPDATE [26/10/09] – what are your experiences with unfair dismissal claims? Take our survey to let us know what you think.
Hitting the front page of today’s Financial Review, an article reveals that, within the first few months of the Rudd government’s new workplace relations reforms, unfair dismissal claims have almost doubled.
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Our taxes at work!
October 20, 2009By Erin the Employer
An interesting report has come out of the Institute of Public Affairs that says that state governments have significantly increased their workforces since the 1990s, with Victoria leading the way.
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We’re not happy, even when it rains!
October 16, 2009By Erin the Employer
The prospect of 30 billion litres of water flowing down the Yarra and out to sea focusses the mind wonderfully on our current water resources or lack thereof – especially at a time when 10 billion litres are going to be taken from environmental flows in the Thomson to supply drinking water to Melbourne.
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Reserve Bank Overreacts Again
October 6, 2009By Erin the Employer
We have been given 5 minutes of economic sunshine, and they are at it again!
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Time for a Tiger!
October 2, 2009By Erin the Employer
Those who pooh-pooh the value of major events to Victoria have been dealt another hammer-blow – this time with an oversized sand wedge, as it was revealed that the Australian Masters golf tournament in November has been sold out.
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CBD violence: perception is everything!
September 30, 2009By Erin the Employer
Victorian Police Commissioner Simon Overland may have a point when he says that graphic footage makes street violence look worse than it actually is.
However, perception is everything in terms of image, and Melbourne’s image has been deeply tarnished.
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Victoria – the “place to be” for building strikes
September 30, 2009By Erin the Employer
Victoria is certainly the “Place to Be” for building industry chaos, as this excellent article in the Sunday Herald Sun by James Campbell shows.
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Union leader to workers: “We’ll decide, thanks.”
September 29, 2009By Erin the Employer
Today’s Australian (Unions to resist `AWAs by stealth’) outlines just how determined some unions are to roll back workplace reform.
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Who exactly are the “Religious Right”?
September 28, 2009By Erin the Employer
I awoke this Sunday morning to find myself a fully paid-up member of the “Religious Right”.
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